Kapnan Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Kapnan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Kapnan (54) may also be a first name.
Kapnan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapnan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapnan is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapnan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kapnan live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kapnan is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 54 people.
The last name Kapnan is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 52 percent reside, Kaduna, where 35 percent reside and Oyo, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Kapnan exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kapnan
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